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East West Bancorp Executive Compensation (FY25)

EWBC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Dominic Ng
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 18, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Dominic Ng: $9,213,633 → $9,683,884 (5.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 95.7% → 95.2% (0.5 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 88:1 → 83:1 (5.7% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is East West Bancorp's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Dominic Ng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, came to $9,683,884 in fiscal 2025. Ng's total moved 5.1% higher from the $9,213,633 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was East West Bancorp's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 95.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 18, 2026.
Which companies are in East West Bancorp's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names BankUnited, Inc., BOK Financial Corporation, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Columbia Banking System, Inc. and Comerica Incorporated, among others.
What is East West Bancorp's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 83:1, against median employee compensation of $117,211.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dominic Ng
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Parker Shi
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Irene Oh
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Douglas Krause
Vice Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Teo
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dominic Ng
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Parker Shi
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Irene Oh
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Douglas Krause
Vice Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Teo
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Del Moral-Niles
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dominic Ng
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Parker L. Shi
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Irene H. Oh
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Douglas P. Krause
Vice Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher J. Del Moral-Niles
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dominic Ng
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Parker Shi
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Irene Oh
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Del Moral-Niles
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Douglas Krause
Vice Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Christopher J. Del Moral-NilesPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Christopher J. Del Moral-NilesRSU◇——◇——◇
Dominic NgRSU◇——◇——◇
Dominic NgPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Douglas P. KrauseRSU◇——◇——◇
Douglas P. KrausePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Irene H. OhPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Irene H. OhRSU◇——◇——◇
Parker L. ShiRSU◇——◇——◇
Parker L. ShiPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Dominic NgRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Irene OhRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Parker ShiRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Douglas KrauseRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Douglas Krause
Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Irene Oh
Chief Risk Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Parker Shi
Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lester M. Sussman
Lead independent director
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Mark Hutchins
◇◇————◇
Jack C. Liu
◇◇————◇
Paul H. Irving
◇◇————◇
Molly Campbell
◇◇————◇
Archana Deskus
◇◇————◇
Serge Dumont
◇◇————◇
Sabrina Kay
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Manuel P. Alvarez
◇◇————◇
Peter Babej
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Dominic Ng served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Common Stock.
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Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • BankUnited, Inc. BKU
  • BOK Financial Corporation BOKF
  • Citizens Financial Group, Inc. CFG
  • Columbia Banking System, Inc. COLB
  • Comerica Incorporated CMA
  • Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. CFR
  • Executive symbol not shown
  • Fifth Third Bancorp FITB
  • First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCA
  • First Horizon Corporation FHN
  • Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN
  • KeyCorp KEY
  • M&T Bank Corporation MTB
  • Northern Trust Corporation NTRS
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. PNFP
  • Popular, Inc. BPOP
  • Regions Financial Corporation RF
  • SouthState Corporation SSB
  • Synovus Financial SNV
  • Title ITIC
  • Valley National Bancorp VLY
  • Western Alliance Bancorporation WAL
  • Wintrust Financial Corporation WTFC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 18, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 20, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 24, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 23, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 26, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 27, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 19, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 21, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 24, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 23, 2017=◇◇◇
2015May 24, 2016=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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269 figures on this page: 258 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
258 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001069157-26-000022
  2. 0002077096-26-000050
    Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0001069157-25-000062
  4. 0001174947-25-000556
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001069157-24-000049
  6. 0001174947-24-000546
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001069157-23-000065
  8. 0001174947-23-000552
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001069157-22-000047
  10. 0001069157-21-000044
  11. 0001069157-20-000042
  12. 0001069157-19-000036
  13. 0001069157-18-000068
  14. 0001069157-17-000046
  15. 0001069157-16-000136
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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